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Data display apparatus, method, and program

a data display and data technology, applied in the field of display, can solve the problems of taking a longer time for a list of desired data to be displayed, and a longer time for a list of data to be displayed, and achieve the effect of increasing the amount of data retrievable by users, increasing the capacity of memory devices built in or externally attached to av equipment, and increasing the speed of data retrieval

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-08-14
KK TOSHIBA
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[0006]In recent years, the capacity of memory devices built in or externally attached to AV equipment has been increasing. Further, owing to the connection of the AV equipment to the Internet, an amount of data retrievable by a user is rapidly increasing. As a result, it takes a longer time for a list of desired data to be displayed. In order to display desired data based on the priority or the like, the calculation of priority levels of all the data is necessary. As a result, it takes a still longer time for a list of the data to be displayed. In view of the above, it is an object of the present invention to provide a data display apparatus, method, and program in which display delay when desired data are displayed is reduced.

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As a result, it takes a longer time for a list of desired data to be displayed.
As a result, it takes a still longer time for a list of the data to be displayed.

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[0031]First, the outline of a data display apparatus 1 according to a first embodiment will be described. In the first embodiment, the data display apparatus 1 will be described, taking a digital TV as an example. Further, it is assumed that data to be displayed as a list are contents. The data display apparatus 1 is not limited to the digital TV. The data display apparatus 1 may be a HDD recorder, a PC, a television set, a mobile phone, a PDA (personal digital assistant), a car navigation system, or the like.

[0032]In recent years, in more and more occasions, a user selects data displayed on a display screen. Meanwhile, capacities of memory devices such as a HDD are increasing and broadband networks are becoming popular. Accordingly, the number and kinds of contents displayed as selection targets on a screen and an amount of information of contents are increasing.

[0033]When there are many contents that are search targets, a user sometimes does not know details of the contents. There...

modification example of first embodiment

[0168]In the first embodiment, the embodiment having a single allocation sequence of the arrangement slots is described. In a modification example of the first embodiment, an embodiment having a plurality of allocation sequences of the arrangement slots (embodiment having a plurality of arrangement slot groups) will be described.

[0169]FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a functional structure of a data display apparatus 2 according to the modification example of the first embodiment. Similarly to the first embodiment, functions of a characteristic information extracting unit 202, a reference content selecting unit 203, an association degree calculating unit 204, an arrangement condition calculating unit 205A (arrangement condition generating unit), an arrangement position calculating unit 207A (arrangement position deciding unit), a visualizing unit 208, and a display control unit 209 are realized by a CPU 108 executing programs stored in a ROM. Further, a memory 109 realizes...

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Abstract

A display apparatus includes: a first memory to store a plurality of contents and pieces of content information including a plurality of elements; an element selector to select at least part of the plural elements correspond to a first content; a determine unit to determine whether or not the selected element matches the plural elements correspond to the contents; a generator to generate corresponding information for each of the contents based on a result of the determination; a second memory to store pieces of the corresponding information; a content selector to select a second content; a calculator to calculate degrees of association to the second content; a deciding unit to decide a arrangement positions of the plural contents except the second content according to the degrees of association calculated by the calculator; and a display unit to display the contents at the arrangement positions decided by the deciding unit.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from the prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2009-075044, filed on Mar. 25, 2009; the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to display.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]A search function of a PC is a common technique in wide use in daily works. In the PC, a user inputs a keyword to search for desired data (for example, contents and the like). Further, some AV equipment such as TV, DVD recorders, and HDD recorders also has a data search function (JP-A 2008-242504).BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION[0006]In recent years, the capacity of memory devices built in or externally attached to AV equipment has been increasing. Further, owing to the connection of the AV equipment to the Internet, an amount of data retrievable by a user is rapidly increasing. A...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F17/30G06F3/0481G06F3/0482
CPCG06F17/3028G06F16/51
Inventor HIGUCHI, YASUKAZUSEKINE, MASAHIROMIHARA, ISAOOKAMOTO, MASAYUKIAJITOMI, DAISUKEYAMAUCHI, YASUNOBU
Owner KK TOSHIBA
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